Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Mexican rice


Ingredients:
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  • Basmati rice - 1 cup
  • Onion - 1 large
  • Capsicum - 1 large
  • Tomato - 3 medium
  • Kashmirilal chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
  • Salt - to taste
  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Ghee - 1 tsp
Method:
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  • Soak rice in water for 2 hours.
  • Strain the water using a strainer.
  • Chop onions,capsicum and tomatoes into small pieces.
  • Heat tava,add 1 tsp of oil and fry onions well.
  • When onions turn light brown ,add the soaked rice and saute well till water evaporates from the grains.
  • Add chilli powder, salt amd mix well.
  • Add 1 cup of water(rice:water=1:1) and pressure cook.(Just one whistle on a high flame and switch off after 5 min)
  • Note:-Electric cooker is preferable if you have one.
  • In the tava,add ghee,capsicum and saute well.
  • Add tomatoes and saute well till raw smell goes off.
  • Pour it over cooked rice and mix well.
Serve hot with onion raitha.

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